NASCAR set for F1-style podium celebration after Mexico Cup race
NASCAR will celebrate its top-three finishers with a podium ceremony at the Mexico City round, marking a rare departure from tradition for its first points-paying Cup Series race o𒅌utside the United States in over ๊half a century.
NASCAR will honour the top three finishers of the Me✤xico round with a Formula 1-style podium ceremony.
Unlike other major championships, NASCAR typically restricts post-race festivities to the winning driver in victory lane, with no formal recognition📖 for second or third place.
🌳However, for the first points-paying Cup Series race outsid💫e the United States since 1958, scheduled for 15 June at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez, NASCAR has announced a one-off shift in protocol.
Organisers have confirmed that the top three finishers in both the Cup Series and the Xfinity Series will be in♑vited onto a podium for a ceremonial celebration.
“For this historic weekend, it 🍎felt appropriate to recognize the heritage of Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and give a nod to the traditional i💝nternational motorsports celebrations,” NASCAR stated to NBC Sports.
“There are currently no plans for podium🐻-s👍tyle celebrations following the Mexico City event.”
This is not the first time NASCAR has experimented with a podium format. Between 2022 and 2024, the Clash exhibition races at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum featured podium presentations for the top three finishers — a tribute to the 1984 Summer Oly༺mpics held at the venue. NASCAR awarded gold, silver, and bronze medals as part of the ceremony.
So far in 2025, Christopher Bell (Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota) and Kyle Larson (Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet) share the most top-three finishes in the C🦂up Series with six apiece.
